Intermediate Algebra for College Students (7th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Review Exercises - Page 496: 16

Answer

a) $50$ deers; b) $150$ deers; c) $y=225$;

Work Step by Step

$\textbf{a)}$ Let $f$ be the function modeling the number of deers. The number of deers introduced into the habitat is the value of the function at $t=0$, which we read from the graph $$f(0)=50.$$ $\textbf{b)}$ The number of deers after $10$ years is the value of the function $f$ for $x=10$, which we read from the graph: $$f(10)=150.$$ $\textbf{c)}$ From the graph we notice that when $t$ increases indefinitely, the value of the function $f$ approaches $225$, which means the horizontal asymptote of the function is: $$y=225.$$ This tells us that as time goes by the population of deers tends to stabilize around the value of $225$.
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